A study by assistant marketing professor finds people are more satisfied if they set ambitious goals, as opposed to conservative goals.
It’s amazing how one simple, easy, positive action can change so much in a person’s life. One of the things that has had the biggest effect on my life is the realization of the power of gratitude. Simply giving thanks.
Extraversion does not just explain differences between how people act at social events. How extraverted you are may influence how the brain makes choices -- specifically whether you choose an immediate or delayed reward, according to a study.
Do you look fondly at the past, enjoy yourself in the present, and strive for future goals? If you hold these time perspectives simultaneously - and don't go overboard on any one of them - you're likely to be a happy person.
Freedom and personal autonomy are more important to people's well-being than money, according to a meta-analysis of data from 63 countries.
The tendency of our lives, businesses, art, is to keep adding: more furniture, clothes, gadgets, tasks, appointments, features to websites and apps, words to our writing.
If it feels like one part of your brain is battling another, it probably is, according to a study published in Science.
Use these steps to help draw a blueprint for your business’s advertising plan. 1. Design the framework What is the...
Pride in success can prevent us from taking further action toward our goals. We should not allow our brains to convince us that a failure is a success just so that we can stop trying.
It’s true that you don’t need to create a formal business plan in order to start a business. You can kickstart...
A lot can change in 20 years. If you had a PC 20 years ago, you probably had a 386 or 486 running MS-DOS 5.0 and possibly Windows 3.0. No smart phones. No iPods or iTunes. No web browsers. No Google or Yahoo. No YouTube. No social media unless you liked BBSing.
Impulse and determination: Those two are probably the most important keywords of my life.
I'm often asked how you can start doing work you love - how you can make a living doing something you’re passionate about.
Although the marketing slogan suggests that Barbie can "Be Anything," girls who play with this extremely popular doll see fewer career options available to themselves compared to boys.
Worried you won't meet your goal? According to research, you'll be more likely to succeed if you make specific plans to implement it.
What should you do when you really, REALLY have to go? Make important life decisions, maybe?
"Over the course of five years, I've managed to pay off over $35,000 in debt, quit my day job, and go from having nothing saved to fully funding my retirement accounts every year. In the process, I've developed a 14-point philosophy."
Creativity is often made out to be a nebulous, messy, complicated, difficult thing, and it can be. But it doesn't have to be.
If you want to make a difference in the world, the single most important thing you can do is consciously and deliberately choose to do work that you are passionate about.
Everyone is essentially self-employed -- and that even if you're an employee, you should think of yourself as the President of your own personal services corporation.
When faced with a difficult decision, we try to come up with the best choice by carefully considering all of the options, maybe even resorting to lists and lots of sleepless nights.
It's often said that women can have it all - motherhood and a career. But a study suggests that women who rule the household have less energy for or interest in being a rising star in the workplace.
If you accept a job, a relationship, or a lifestyle that you merely tolerate -- but don't appreciate -- you’re putting other concerns ahead of your own happiness.
I make a living doing what I love, and doing what you love for a living is fantastic.
You know what it's like: No focus, lots of stress, lots of mental exhaustion without really getting anything done.
The paradox of happiness is that chasing it may actually make us less happy, a Stanford researcher says.
For centuries, scientists have studied how we go about the difficult task of choosing A or B, left or right, North or South - and how both instinct and intellect figure into the process.
The trope that the likelihood of an accurate group decision increases with the abundance of brains involved might not hold up when a collective faces a variety of factors -- as often happens in life and nature.
Timeboxing is a simple time management technique you can use to take control of your time.
Some lessons that apply equally to getting buff and to building your business